Colorado Legacy Foundation



The Colorado Legacy Foundation serves as a critical friend and partner to the Colorado Department of Education in the effective implementation of good public policy. The foundation identifies promising practices, invest in innovative work, recommend policy, evaluate results, and share our findings with all Colorado school districts and schools.

Web Address

colegacy.org/

Social Media Links

Twitter - @edinitiativeco


Assets and Giving for Colorado Legacy Foundation

Assets

2018 - 5,669,922
2017 - 5,098,776
Domestic Grants

2018 - 1,554,908


    

Recent News from Colorado Legacy Foundation


Time Collaborative: Reimagining Education
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Colorado Legacy Foundation

On December 3, 2012, the Ford Foundation and the National Center on Time & Learning will announce a groundbreaking collaborative effort to expand and reimagine the school day, and to help level the...more

Briefs: Colorado lands a Gates grant
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Colorado Legacy Foundation

The Colorado Legacy Foundation will use a $5.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to continue work on its year-old Integration Project, an effort to implement the...more

Colorado Schools Get $10.5 Million for Diversity in AP Classes
Foundation: Colorado Legacy Foundation

The Colorado Legacy Foundation received a grant of $10.5 million to increase the diversity of students taking Advanced Placement tests at 30 Colorado schools. The grant was initiated from the...more

School districts receive grants to deploy evaluation systems, new standards
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Colorado Legacy Foundation

The Legacy Foundation in June announced the grants after landed $9.7 million, mostly from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The point of the project is to highlight effective work already...more

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants $9.7M to Colorado Legacy Foundation
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Colorado Legacy Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $9.7 million grant to the Colorado Legacy Foundation as part of an effort to boost high school graduation rates. The Colorado Legacy Foundation...more





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